1929 Chevrolet International - 4 Door Sedan Project by BearsFan315

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Well Christmas has come and gone as well as the New Year. WE are now in 2020 and time to get back on the ball. Goal for now is to have the car back running by end of March. so is the plan !!

Got a call from Russ at Paul's Rod & Bearing he has cleaned up the parts and poured the babbitt. said the mains are already rough machined to .060 under and ready to ship. Connecting Rods are poured and rough cut, waiting on final numbers to machine to from the Machine shop.

Going to call the machine shop to see where the crank is in line, and tentative machine date. Once they get that done we will have final numbers to send to Russ @ Paul's.

1-25-2020

got a call from the Machine Shop 2 about my crank, it is done and been polished, provided me the numbers for the connecting rod journals. so Called Russ over at Paul's Rod & Bearings to give him the numbers. they will assembly the connecting rod ends with a set shim pack, then machine them to size with an oil film clearance. said that should only take a few days, so should be on the way back to me by end of next week. 

I still need to go pick up my parts from Machine Shop 1, since Machine Shop 2 will be finishing the work and reassembling my short block. This is a good start to the new year !!  should start moving along !!

1-28-2020

went by machine shop 1 today and got all my pieces, well HOPE i got them all 

now waiting on the babbitt to arrive so that i can take everything to machine shop 2 to start finally honing and machining, then assembly 

2-4-2020

bought the transmission rebuild kit from C&P Automotive, as well as new bearings and their main drive bearing retainer w/ seal.

1923-1931 Transmission Rebuild Kit

1925-1931 Transmission Main Drive Bearing Retainer

just wondering how big of a task this is, and if i need any special tools to do the job ?? i have a press if needed for gears or bearings.

figured i should go through the transmission while the engine is getting done. make sure the main components are good to go for a long time...